Proposed changes involve Council seats for ethnic-minority psychology associations, presidential candidates
and the composition of the Board of Education Affairs.

APA’s Council of Representatives has approved amendments tothe association’s bylaws that members will vote on this fall.

APA will send the ballot to the membership with theApportionment Ballot in early November.

Below are the proposed bylaws amendments; bracketed text isto be deleted and underlined text is to be added.

SEATING THE FOUR NATIONAL ETHNIC MINORITYPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS ON COUNCILArticle V. Composition of the Council of Representatives

Council voted to approve the proposed bylaws change by a vote
of 127 for, 24 against and 3 abstentions. As per the Association’s
bylaws, because an amendment to the bylaws is required to
implement this change, the full membership will need to approve
the amendment. An amendments ballot will be sent to all voting
members this fall accompanied by a pro/con statement. The APA
bylaws require that a pro/con statement be included in the ballot
document unless two-thirds of Council votes not to include one.

1. Council shall be composed of Representatives of
Divisions, Representatives of State, Provincial and Territorial
Psychological Associations, members of the Board of Directors,
the Officers of the Association (the chief staff officer shall
serve without vote), [and] the APAGS Representative and
one Representative from each National Ethnic Minority
Psychological Association (the Asian American Psychological
Association, the Association of Black Psychologists, the National
Latina/o Psychological Association, and the Society of Indian
Psychologists).

5. Council Representatives of a Division or State/Provincial/
Territorial Association shall be members of the Division or
State/Provincial/Territorial Association, and Members of the
American Psychological Association, and shall be elected
for a period not to exceed three years. If during that three-year period the Division or State/Provincial/Territorial
Association is allocated fewer seats, the Division or State/
Provincial/Territorial Association shall recall the appropriate
number of Representatives. The term of office of the recalled
member is thereby terminated. Council members from the
National Ethnic Minority Associations shall be members of
their respective constituencies and members of the American
Psychological Association and shall be selected for a period not
to exceed three years.

6. Each APA Fellow, Member, and voting Associate member
shall choose the Division(s) or State/Provincial/Territorial
Association(s) through which he/she elected to have his/
her interest represented on Council by allocating, at the time
of the annual dues statement, a total of ten ( 10) votes to the
Division(s) and/or State/Provincial/Territorial Association(s)

through which he/she wishes to be represented the following
year. However, only Fellows, Members (or voting Associate
members) of the Divisions or State/Provincial/Territorial
Associations so designated will be allowed to [nominate and]
elect their Council Representatives. The Representatives of each
of the National Ethnic Minority Psychological Associations shall
be designated by their respective Association.

8. A Council member who has served for six consecutive
years shall not be eligible for election or appointment for a
period of one year as a Representative from any Division, State/
Provincial/Territorial Association, or [coalition] National
Ethnic Minority Psychological Association.

ARTICLE XVI. NATIONAL ETHNIC MINORITYPSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATIONS

1. As provided in Article V. 1, the Asian American
Psychological Association, Association of Black Psychologists,
National Latina/o Psychological Association, and the Society of
Indian Psychologists shall each have one voting representative
serving on the Council of Representatives of the American
Psychological Association.

2. Each of these National Ethnic Minority PsychologicalAssociations shall exercise such control over its members so thatmembership in such Association shall not implymembership in the American Psychological Association.

3. The American Psychological Association shall not be
responsible for the acts or omissions of these National Ethnic
Minority Psychological Associations, except as specifically
authorized by these Bylaws or other duly promulgated rule of
Council.

Note: Subsequent articles to the Bylaws will be renumbered.Explanation: Note that adding these seats would be outsidethe regular Council representation apportionment process;

no current or future division or state/provincial/territorialassociations would be at risk for losing their seat(s) due to theaddition of these new seats.

MODIFYING THE COMPOSITION OF THE BOARD OFEDUCATIONAL AFFAIRS (BEA)

Article XI: Boards and Committees

Council voted to approve the proposed bylaws change by a vote
of 147 for, 4 against and 0 abstentions. As per the Association’s
bylaws, because an amendment to the bylaws is required to
implement this change, the full membership will need to approve
the amendment. An amendments ballot will be sent to all voting
members this fall accompanied by a pro/con statement. The APA
bylaws require that a pro/con statement be included in the ballot
document unless two-thirds of Council votes not to include one.